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08/16/2026

Gatekeeping ‘real’ games is classist and nobody talks about it. When people say Monopoly and Uno ‘don’t count,’ they’re often talking about the games that people with less money and less time can actually access. The hobby has a class problem dressed up as taste. If you don’t have the money to buy 20 games a year, that’s okay. And if you don’t have the time to research top ten lists, that’s fine. I am so tired of the board game community making fun of Monopoly. If you’re with your clan having a good time, what does it matter about game
mechanics? Do you agree?

07/28/2026

Somewhere in the last twenty years hosting became something people apologize for rather than something they’re proud of. ‘Sorry the place is a mess.’ ‘Sorry it’s nothing fancy.’ We think that having people over requires 3 hours of prep. And so people stop hosting. And then nobody has anywhere to go. The host who opens their home as it actually is - messy, imperfect, a little smelly - is doing something enormously generous. We should appreciate that more. And tell them.

07/08/2026

King of Tokyo has no business being this fun. The math doesn’t add up. King of Tokyo is what happens when a designer decides fun is more important than elegance. It’s chaotic, it’s random, and it’s occasionally deeply unfair. And it produces more genuine table eruptions per hour than almost anything else in the hobby. Sometimes design purity is the enemy of a good time.

07/02/2026

Therapists have a waiting list. Your friends have a table and a free Friday.
Board games are better than therapy and we should say that out loud. I’m going to say what a lot of people are thinking but won’t say because it sounds irresponsible. A consistent game night with people who care about you has done more for most people’s mental health than a hundred-dollar therapy session with a stranger who sees you for fifty minutes and then forgets your name until you show up again next week. I’m not saying don’t go to therapy. I’m saying don’t underestimate what sitting around a table with people who know you actually does to your brain.

06/19/2026

Someone drops a Draw 5 card in Uno when you’re already down, and your immediate instinct might be a flash of genuine anger or resentment. But staying in that seat and letting the tension dissolve into shared laughter teaches your body that frustration doesn’t have to end the connection. It’s a micro-lesson in resilience, proving that real brotherhood easily survives the petty grievances we stumble over.

06/17/2026

Please oh please remember SOMETHING

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